Heating apparatus



March 29, 1932. H. R- MQFF 1,851,962

HEATING APPARATUS Filed NOV. 9, 1929 INVENTOR VMM @471% HERBERT n morr,or

Patented Mar. 29, 1932A `muffe-:D STATES PATENT" oFFlcE AMHJERST, OHIO,ASSIGNOR T THE FOX FURNACE COMPANY, OF

ELYRIA, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO HEATING APPARATUS constructionandcombination of parts, to be more fully described hereinafter, and thenovelty of which willbe particularly pomted out and distinctly claimed.In the accompanying drawings, to be taken as a part of thisspecification, I have full and clearly illustrated a preferredembodiment of my invention and a modificatlon thereof, in whichdrawings- Figurel is a front elevation of a portion of a yheatingyapparatus embodying my lnvention;

f Fig. 2 is a detail view in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, butlwith the door or closure memberremoved, and Fig. 3 is a detail view insection of a modification.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, 1 designates awall member such as the enclosing casing of a warm air furnace or thelike. Through the wall member isan aperture 2, the side and top edges ofwhich have a marginal transverse fiange 3, the 1nsi de face of which hasa slight draft or upward inclination away from the plane of member 1,ask at 4.- Extending through the aperture 2 is a casing member 5, suchas the fuel charging throat of the combustion chamber casing, or theneck or throat of the ash-pitcasing. Extending vertically on the sidewalls 6 and across the top wall 7 of member 5, is an eX- ternal fiange 8which laterallyk engages or abuts the inside face of Wall member 1 atthe flange 3, and has a draft corresponding to the draft'll of flange 3,so that there is surface engagement betweenmembers 1 and ,5. The memberextends beyond or outside of member 1 sor that the side and top walls`of'member 5 provide a bearing surface 9 transverse to the plane ofmember 1. At the sides and across the top of member 5 in a substantiallyvertical plane, is a plate member 10 which may be in several lengths.The member 10 has a substantially vertical central web 11 andsubstantially parallel oppositely directed, substantially horizontaledge portions or flanges 12, 13. The end face of portion or flange 12engages the outside face ofl member 1, while the under face'of flange 13engages thesurface 9. On the top wall 7 are lug membersll which arealined with holes or apertures l5 through member 1 and which aperturesare positioned between flanges 3 and 12. Through the web 11 are holesorapertures 16 alined with apertures 15. Extending through apertures 15and 16 and an aperture 17 in member 14, is a clamping member or bolt 18having a head or part 19 engaging the web of'member 10, and a nut or thelike 2O engaging the` lugmember 14, so that tightening the bolt 18drawsy theflange 12 against member 1 and the fxo under facek of flange13against surface 9 yof bolts 18, so that the members 1 and 5 may have jrelative movement. The lengths of member 10 which overlie the side walls6`of member 5 are preferably secured in clamping position againstmembers 1 and 5 by bolts or the like 21 which extend through the flangeor edge portion 13 and the side walls 6 of member 5. On themember 10 atone side of member 5, are vertically spaced horizontally extendingsupporting arms or members 22 whichcooperate with hinge arms 23 pivotedthereto by pins 24; and carrying a door `or closure member 25 forclosing the opening or entrance 26 of member 5. f

Inthe modification, Fig. 3, the similar parts are designated by theprimes of the reference characters which are applied to the parts inFigs. 1 and 2., The plate member 10 has its web portion 27 in a `planeat-substantially forty-five degrees to the surface 9', and the edgeportions or flanges 28, 29 of member 10 extend atninety degrees to eachother, so that they are substantially perpendicular tothe With member land surface 9', and to draW the iianges 3 and 8 into tight engagement.

' What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the UnitedStates is:

l. In a device of the character described,

a Wall member having an aperture, a casing member extending through saidaperture and providing a surface transverse to and outside of said Wallmember, a plate member engaging said Wall member and said transversesurface, and means engaging said plate member intermediate theengagement thereof With said Wall member and said casing surface andacting to clamp Said plate member to said Wall member and to saidtransversesurface. y

2. In a device of the character described,

a Wall member having an aperture, a casing member extending through saidaperture and providing a surface transverse-to and outside of said Wallmember, a plate member having opposite edge portions respectivelyengaging said Wall member and said transverse surface, said plate memberhaving an aperture, and clamping means secured to saidl casing memberand extending through said plate aperture and having means engaging saidplate member to clamp said plate member to said Wall member and to saidtransverse surface,

3. In a device of the character described, a Wall member having anaperture, a casing member extending through said apertureand providingka surface transverse to and outside of said Wall member, saidcasingmember having a flange engaging the inside face of said Wall member, aplate member engaging said transverse surface and the outer face of saidWall member,and means engaging said plate member intermediate theengagement thereof with said Wall member and said casing surface andacting to clamp said plate member to said Wall member and to saidtransverse surface.

4e.v In a device of the character described,

a Wall member having'an aperture, a casing member extending through saidaperture and providing a surface transverse to and outside of'said Wallmember, said casing member having a flangeyin lateral engagement withthe` inside face of said Wall member, a plate member engaging said Wallmember and said transverse surface,and means engaging said plate memberintermediatethe engagement thereof with said Wall member and saidcasingsurface and yacting to clamp said plate member. to said Wallmember andto said caskmember, a. plate member having its opposite edgesengaging said transverse surface and the outside face of said Wallmember, said plate member and said Wall member having alined apertures,and means extending through said alined apertures and having clampingengagement with said plate inember and said casing member wherebytightly to clamp said plate member to said Wall member and to saidtransverse surface and tightly to clamp said Wall member to said iiangemember.

6. A heating apparatus of the characterdescribed, comprising a furnaceWall member having an aperture therethrough, a hollow casing member foraccess to therinterior of said apparatus and extending through saidaperture and providing a surface transverse to and outside of said Wallmember, said casing member having'a flange member in lateral engagementWith the inside face' of said Wall member, afplate member having itsopposite edges engaging said transverse surface and the outside face ofsaid Wallinember, said plate member and said Wall member having alinedapertures,a lug member on said casing adjacent the inside face of saidWall and having an aperture therethrough alined with said alinedapertures, and means extending through all of said alined apertures andhav# ing clamping engagement Wit-h said plate member andsaid lug membervvher'ebytightf ly to clamp said plate member to said wall member andto' said transverse surface and tightly to clamp said Wall member tosaid flange member. s

7. A heating apparatus kof the character described, comprising a furnaceWall member having an aperture therethrough, aA hollow casing member foraccessfto the'interior of said apparatus and extending through saidaperture and providing a surface transverse to and outside of said Wallmember, said casingmember having a iiange memberV in lateral engagementWiththe insideface of said Wall member, a plate member having a webportion inclined to said Wall member and having edge flanges extendingfrom said Web portion and transverse respectively to said VWall memberand to said trans-` verse surface, said'vveb portion and S21-ideasingYmember having alined apertures,

apertures and having clampin engagement with said plate member an saidcasing member whereby tightly t clamp the edge anges of said platemember to said Wall member and to said transverse surface and tightly toclamp said wall member to said ange member.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name this 5th day ofNovember,

- HERBERT R. MOFF.

